Here is why you're depriving yourself of joy

It’s tiiiiime for some celebration. Cause it’s Priiiiide!

You might be thinking: “Nora, we shouldn’t be celebrating right now” during these heartbreaking violent times.

Well, I’m here to tell you otherwise.

You get to feel multiple feelings at the same time. 

One moment you’re angry and sad, and the next you’re hopeful and laughing. All of your complex emotions are welcome, that includes JOY.

It’s Pride Month and let me say, this is crucial time to celebrate! And that’s true whether or not you identify as LGBTQ+. 

It’s important to make space for happiness as n’betweeners. Too often we deprive ourselves of this.

Why? Cause we feel guilty. Undeserving of love.

Guilt makes us reluctant to allow goodness into our life [  read that again]

Celebrating being our true selves is worth every minute.

As a queer person, I know the experience of coming out all too well. That’s because it doesn’t happen a single time. We come out multiple times with many people in different places.

It’s exhausting and painful.

It takes courage to let ourselves be seen.

Imagine how liberated the world would be if we never had to come out.

Cause whether you’re queer or not, you most likely know the experience of being closeted, holding yourself back, and hiding your unedited self.

Closeting ourselves is not sustainable. 

We need to practice celebrating our real selves. It can happen but WE have to make it happen. It’s no one else’s responsibility.

What if we queered it up and celebrated every single coming-out moment?

Coming out is being who you are, not who you think you should be.

Coming out is embracing bravery, it's believing in yourself.

Coming out is coming closer to oneself.

Coming out is living unedited.

Let yourself breathe. Let yourself shine. It’s time to be authentically you. 

Let’s queer all year, and keep coming out! Again and again. Unapologetically.

Sending you rainbow confetti

Nora